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The collection of heirlooms in Alexandria-Washington Lodge is 
insignificant in point of numbers and, perhaps, monetary value when 
compared with other great collections in this and otnfer countries, but 
owing to the peculiar nature of its acquisition it stands alone in senti- 
mental worth, hallowed by the traditions of a century gone and the 
fond memories which gather around \yashington and his neighbor^. 

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/•v^OCATED on the west bank of the Potomac River, six miles south, 
|ll I in phiin view, and directly in the line of railroad travel from 
^1^ the National Capital to Mount Vernon, on the public highway, 
from north to south, a typical colonial town, Alexandria has, 
wuth commendable care and pride, preserved its original old-fashioned 
appearance and delights in its historical associations. 

Having been organized in 1749 pursuant to an act of the General 
Assembly of Virginia, the city is one of the oldest municiiialities in 
the State, and for over half a century was the county seat of Fairfax, 
in which county Mount Vernon is located, and we find among the 
Trustees constituting its first legislatiA-e body Washington's relatives, 
patrons and warm personal friends, viz. : Thomas Lord Fairfax, by 
whom at that time — 1749 — the boy was engaged as a surveyor; 
William Fairfax, at whose home — Belvoir — he had lived while pur- 
suing his studies ; George William Fairfax, his preceptor and com- 
panion of his first surveys ; Lawrence Washington, his half-brother, and 
John Carlyle, in whose dwelling he was afterwards commissioned a 
Major on Braddock's Staff, and in 1765 AVashington himself was made 
a member of this famous Town Council, and served as such until the 
town's incorporation — 1779. 

F'rom early manhood to venerated age he mingled in social ai?d 
political intercourse with its people ; its representative in the House 
of Burgesses ; vestryman in its old Christ Church ; he surveyed its 
streets, and founded and endowed its first free school. Here, in 1755, 
he received his commission in the English Army under Braddock ; 
here, to the freeholders of Fairfax County, he first announced his 
espousal of the cause of the Colonies ; here he called, in March, 17S5, 
the Maryland and Virginia Commissioners to confer on boundaries and 
the rights of import duties and navigation between the two States. 
This Council adjourned to Mount Vernon, and from there issued an 
appeal to the several States which resulted in the convention at 
Philadelphia, 1787, which framed the Constitution of the United States. 
Here, in 1799, he held his last military review, and cast his last 
ballot; and here, January 20, 1800, Colonel George Deneale, Master of 
the Masonic Lodge and Clerk of the Court, recorded his will. 

It was the scene of his early social and political triumphs, the 
starting point of the greatest epochs in his life. Here he conferred 
with his neighbors on solemn questions of state and determined upon 
the course of action to pursue. 

Its citizens formed his funeral cortege ; its soldiers sounded taps 
and paid the only military tribute at his grave ; its ministers conducted 
his funeral service ; its Masons deposited the Apron, Glove and 
Evergreen on his bier and pronounced its ancient benediction. 

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/J(\^ N FEBRUARY 2.j, 1783, was held the first reguhir communica- 
ilrj tioii of the first Masonic Lodge in this city, instituted by the 
\£[/ Provincial Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania; it was known as 
No. 39 of that Jurisdiction. General "Washington was elected 
an honorary member shortly after his return from the Revolution and 
his fondness for the old institution is evidenced by a letter written 
to the Lodge (see page 13 of this prospectus). After the surrender 
of the Pennsylvania warrant, application for a new charter was made 
to the Grand Lodge of Virginia and General Washington became 
first or charter Master of Alexandria Lodge, No. 22, A. F. & A. M., in 
1788, and was subsequently elected to succeed himself, serving in all 
about twenty months. The instrument containing his name as Master, 
signed by Edmund Randolph, Governor of the Commonwealth and 
Grand Master of Masons in Virginia, is still its badge of authority, 
still hangs on its wall in silent testimony of the love and loyalty of 
Washington and Randolph for the noble tenets of our institution. 

Space will not permit us to even refer to many of the Washington 
relics in possession of this Lodge. We must content ourselves with 
brief description of the most interesting and important. 

The picture on the opposite page gives the east view of the old 
Lodge and shows only the Washington Chair, old desks, altar, lesser 
lights and the Williams picture of General Washington in Masonic 
regalia. Fabulous prices have been offered for many of these relics, 
but presented, as they were, by the relatives and friends of our first 
Master, the Lodge has rightly refused to even consider the most flat- 
tering inducements, preferring to keep them where they were intended 
to be kept by the donors, for the pride and glory of the fraternity. 

The old records, kept now in the vaults of the Citizens' National 
Bank, are virtually an unbroken chain of historic Masonic ^vents, from 
1783 to the present time, stretching over the whole period of our 
national existence and beyond. Time-faded and worn, they have come 
down to us with the old charter, through all the civil and military 
vicissitudes of over a century and a quarter, telling the story of the 
loyal to the Craft in the long ago. 

Vandal hands have entered now and then to pilfer a name or 
despoil a page from this dusty treasure, but the vigilant watch of a 
faithful guard has preserved intact the simple narratives of the most 
momentous occasions in the history of American Masonry. 

We read the fading lines, terse pictures of mighty events, and pause 
to contemplate the passing scene. Through the deepening twilight of 
bygone years, we see our fathers fix the boundary line and lay the 
tablet that marks the Nation's home. We read again and again the 
simple story of the funeral service and hear whispered from the olden 
time the last words spoken o'er the bier of Washington, "So mote it 
be. Amen." 



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-'•'/EDMUND RANDOLPH, whose picture is sliowii above, had an 
JL^ eventful and interesting life. Born in Williamsburg in 1753, 
^^^ he was disinherited by his father for espousing the cause of 
the Colonies ; became aide to AVashington in 1775, Governor 
of Virginia in 177(1-77. member of the convention that framed tlie 
Constitution of the United States, and Attorney General and Secre- 
tary of War in Washington's Cabinets : was a prominent and active 
Mason, and as Grand Master of Masons in Virginia in 17SS signed 
the charter of Alexandria Lodge, No. 22, with General Washington a.s 
first Worshipful Master. He died in 1813. 



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^•y^LISHA (TLl.KX DICK cjime to Alrxiiiidria from IMiihulfliJliia 
m^ prior to its:;. Om- ot the organizers (»f the first Lodge, No. 39, 
^i^ he served as Secretary of the first meeting of tliat Lodge 
February 2"i. ITS', and was the last W. M. under the Pennsyl- 
vania jurisdiction. In 17s!t Dick succeeded (Jeneral Washington as 
Master of Lodge Xo. 2-. and as such laid the c(,rner-stone of the 
District of Columhia in IT'.n. ^^'ith liis Lodge as escort of honor, he 
accompanied (Jencral Washington and assisted in laying the corner- 
stone of the Xational Capitol (ITil.", ) was (Uie of the physicians at 
Washington's liedside when he died : presided iit the funeral Lodge 
called Decend)er l(i. 179!): was memlier of the Committee on Arrange- 
ments, and performed the Masonic service at his funeral, December 
IS, 1799. Dick's silk apron, worn at the funeral of Washington, his 
medicine scales, and some of his medical books are now among the 
valued possessions of the Lodge. He died in 1S2S, and is buried in the 
Quaker Cenu'tery on <,>Tieen Street, Alexandria. 



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^^■rillS colkH-tioii. known :is '•The Wasliin.utonia," contains Wash- 
I'l ington's Masonic Apron, worn by the (ioneral when Master and 
^^^ at hiying the corner-stone of the Nation's Capitol. It is of 
cream-colored satin, heavily frinsetl and embroidered in sold, 
with the French and American tiags entwined. A beehive and fairies 
adorn the center. It was presented to the Lodge with the box below 
and the sash above in 1.S12 by Lawrence Lewis, nephew of the General 
and husband of his adopted daughter. Nellie Custis. The Apron has 
been seldom worn since the death of the (ieneral, among the few in- 
stances being by General Lafayette in the Lodge, February 21, 1825 ; at 
the laying of the corner-stone of the Washington Monument in 1848 ; at 
the laying of the corner-stone of the Yorktown Monument by Grand 
Master Peyton S. Coles, 1881, and to confer M. M. Degree on Lawrence 
Washington, February 22. 1910, by Illinois Delegation. In thanking 
the Lodge for the use of the Apron at Yorktown, Grand Master Coles 
wrote, in part : "I am deeply gratified by this distinguished honor 
and in the name of the Grand Lodge, not less than of every individual 
Mason in the State, I thank you. I count it a high and priceless privi- 
lege to be the trusted recipient of so great an honor and that it has 
fallen to my humble lot to wear the Masonic clohing, consecrated 
in our memory b.v association with Washington and Lafayette, fills 
me with proud and grateful emotion." 

On either side of the Apron are the General's wedding gloves and 
beneath, his farm-spurs ; to the right, his pruning knife and a black 
glove worn by the General at his mother's funeral ; to the left, a little 
pearl-handled knife, a present from his mother, when a boy (see 
cut); his pocket compass, cupping and bleeding instruments; a piece 
of sealing wax taken from his desk after death and last used by 
the General before dying ; boot-strap or garter worn by the General 
at Braddock's defeat. On the extreme right, near the top, is a copper 
plate owned and used by John Hancock to print his reception cards, 
while President of the Continental Congress and presented to General 
Washington by the Hancock family, after the dissolution of the old 
Colonial Confederacy. These were all given by the General's nephew. 
Captain George Steptoe Washington, from 1803 to 1812. On the left 
of the pearl-handled knife is a button, cut from the General's coat 
at his first inauguration and presented by Doctor James Craik, and 
to the left of the button, a piece of canvas from his army tent used during 
the Revolutionary War, presented by George AVashington Parke Custis, 
his adopted son. In the lower right corner, a picture of Doctor Dick; 
Doctor Dick's and Washington's medicine scales and a medallion of 
Washington presented to the General as founder of free schools in 
Alexandria. Va., by D. Eggleston Lancaster. P^squire, founder of free 
schools in England, and other relics of importance, which space will 
not permit to enumerate. 



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^^■rHE OLD clock, shown below, was the bedchamber clock of 
I "I General Washington. On the death of the General, Doctor 
^^^ Ellisha Gnllen Dick. Master of "No. 22," and one of the attending 
physicians, cut the pendnlum cord and stopped the old time- 
piece at twenty minutes after ten P.M. After the funeral, Mrs. 
Washington presented the clock to Doctor Dick for the Lodge. "It's 
work is done, but the hands still point to the minute and hour that 
marks the close of the greatest life in history." It is said to be the 
only piece of furniture in the room at the time of the General's 
death which has not been restored to its former place. The pendu- 
lum with the catgut cord attached is shown to the left of the clock. 




THE LESSER LIGHTS 
The Lesser Lights in the picture are the original lights of the Lodge 
and were used on the most important occasions in the history of the 
institution, among them, laying the corner-stone of the District of 
Columbia in 1791, the National Capitol in 1793, and the funeral of 
General Washington in 1799, and at laying the corner-stone of the 
Washington Monument in 184S. 



THE HOUR GLASS 
The hour glass is the original, excejjt one column, which, having 
been broken, was replaced b.v a new one and the old column cut in 
small pieces for souvenirs. It has served as the emblem to teach the 
sublime lesson of human life from the beginning of the Lodge to the 
present time. 



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stopped at Belvoir, the home of William Fairfax, an intimate friend 
and neighbor, father-in-law of Lawrence. Through the influence of 
his brother and the Fairfaxes, he obtained a commission as midship- 
man in the English Navy. All preparations had been made for his 
departure, when his mother's message, her final command, forbidding 
the step, arrived. In obedience to that command and in deference to 
her wish, the boy surrendered his commission and returned to his 
studies, back to surveying and mathematics. Among the items of his 
mother's next order to England, for annual supplies, was one for a 
good penknife. This she presented to the boy as a reward for his 
submission to her will, with the injunction, "Always obey your 
superiors." He carried the token with him through life, as a reminder 
of his mother's command, and to General Knox explained its signifi- 
cance. At Valley Forge, when a vacillating and timid Congress failed 
to provide food and shelter for his ragged and starving army, in des- 
peration and despair, yielding temporarily to his feelings and sym- 
pathy for his men and in disgust with Congress, he wrote his resigna- 
tion as Commander-in-Chief, summoned his staff and notified them of 
his action. Among the officers present and sitting in council was 
Knox, who reminded him of the story of the knife and his mother's 
injunction, " 'Always obey your superiors ;' you were commanded to 
lead this army and no one has ordered you to cease leading it." 
Washington paused, then replied, "There is something in that. I will 
think it over." Half an hour later he had torn up his resignation, 
determined to fight on to the end. 

Thus upon this slender thread, the story of a little knife and a 
mother's injunction, hung for one brief moment the future life of a 
great nation, whose governmental principles have enlightened and 
elevated humanity. A mother's gentle command determined the 
course of a noble son and changed the map of the world. The little 
knife is shown above. It was given the Lodge in 1812 by Captain 
George Steptoe Washington, a nephew of the General, and one of the 
executors of his will. The card attached states that it was in Wash- 
ington's possession about fifty-six years. Partly legendary and partly 
historical, the narrative, like other tales of his childhood, serves to 
illustrate the character of the boy and the man and is beautifully told 
in Owen Wister's "Seven Ages of Washington," page 179. 



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^^^^llE CHAIR occupied by General Washington when Worshipful 

i 1 Master of '"No. 22" is sliown above. It was in continuous use 

^4r for 117 years, but as "constant dripping wears the stone," so 

this old Chippendale, which had borne its precious burden when 

new and strong, began slowly to yield to the grind of time and usage. 

The rips in the seat and arms were, however, the work of vandals, 
the ever-present and unscrupulous I'elic-fiend. To preserve it from 
further abuse, it was placed in a glass case some five years ago and is 
not used except on very important occasions. 

The frame of mahogany is inlaid with white holly and upholstered 
in leather. In the course of its long service, many distinguished 
visitors have occupied it, among them General Lafayette in 1825, 
President Taft, Vice-Presidents Fairbanks and Marshall, Speaker 
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®HOMAS, Sixth Lord Fairfax, Baron of Cameron, was born in 
England (1690) and emigrated to Virginia in 1743. From his 
mother, daughter of Lord Culpeper. he inherited 5,500,000 acres 
of land, located between the Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers 
and extending from the Chesapeake Bay to the Shenandoah Valley. 
In 1749, with Lawrence Washington, William Fairfax, Gerard Alex- 
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after this event retired permiuiently to liis estate, Greeiuvay Court, in 
Fredericlv County, wliilher tlie boy, (ieorge Wasliington, early in the 
month of Mareh. 1748, journeyed witli George William Fairfax, cousin 
of the baron, to survey and subdivide the lands of his lordship. 
Washington was only sixteen years of age, and this was the beginning 
of his public career and the beginning of the friendship between the 
mighty lord and youthful surveyor, which lasted unbroken until the 
death of Fairfax in 1781. 

First to discover the element-s of greatness in the young pioneer, 
he lost no opportunity in recommending him to high authorities for 
positions of trust and responsibility, and to Fairfax, more than any 
other man, can be accredited the honor of fostering and developing 
the genius of the precocious youth, whose life is a marvel to mankind 
and a history within itself. The painting was made in London in 
1730 and is the only original picture of the famous old baron extant. 



THE WASHINGTON TROWEL 

On the front cover is a reproduction of the little trowel used by 
General Washington, President of the United States, at laying of the 
corner-stone of the National Capitol, September 18, 1793. The cere- 
mony, briefly described below, marks an epoch in the history of American 
Masonry, was conducted by the Grand Lodge of Maryland, which at 
that time and until 1811. held jurisdiction over the present District 
of Columbia, Right W^orshipful Joseph Clarke, (Jrand Master pro tem, 
ofBciating. In the order of procession to the site of the Capitol, 
President Washington, with Doctor Dick on his right and the Grand 
Alaster, pro tem, on his left, marched behind his own Lodge, "No. 22," 
who acted as escort of honor to the President. On arriving at the 
site, the column in front inclined two steps, one to the right and 
one to the left, faced each other, forming a hollow, oblong square, 
through which the procession tiled in reversed order. The President 
of the United States and Grand Master, pro tem, and the Worshipful 
Master of "No. 22" taking their stand to the east of a large stone 
and all the Craft forming a circle westward, stood for a short time in 
solemn order. The Grand Marshal presented to the Commissioners 
a silver plate appropriately inscribed, which was read and delivered 
to Washington, who, with the Grand Master, pro tem, and the three 
Worshipful Masters, descended to the cavazion trench and laid it on 
the corner-stone of the Capitol of the Ignited States. 

The trowel is of silver with an ivory handle, was made by John 
Duffey, a silversmith, who married the daughter of General Wash- 
ington's landscape gardener. The last important occasion on which it 
was used was to lay the corner-stone of the new Ma.sonic Temple in 
Wa.shington, D. C, by President Roosevelt and the Grand Master of 
the District of Columbia. 




The Williams Portrait of Washington 



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THE WILLIAMS PICTURE 

On the opposite page will be seen si copy of tlie Williams pictux-e of 
Washington, which attracts as much attention as any relic in the 
Lodge. In 1793 the Lodge, by resolution, requested General Wash- 
ington, then President and living in Philadelphia, to sit for this 
picture, and after obtaining his consent, employed Williams, of that 
<'ity, to execute the work. Washington approved the likeness and late 
in 1794 it was received from the artist and accepted by the Lodge. 

It is a flesh-colored pastel and pronounced by critics of superior 
quality. It is an entirely different conception from any other paint- 
ing of the General extant, i-esembling in cast and feature the original 
Houdon statue in Richmond, Va., and is ihe only painting from life 
showing the General in extreme old age and in Masonic regalia. 
Having been ordered, received and accepted by the neighbors and 
Masonic contemporaries of the General, men who knew him inti- 
mately and were with him in every walk of his eventful life, who had 
followed his fortunes and shared his adversities in war, had coun- 
seled and supported him in peace, and who, when his labors ended, 
had sorrowfully laid him to his eternal rest, it is beyond reasonable 
conception that these men would have foisted on a credulous and 
confiding posterity a spurious picture of their friend and compatriot. 

An offer of One Hundred Thousand Dollars was not sufficient in- 
ducement for the Lodge to part with this treasure, and while probably 
sentiment has enhanced its value in the eyes of the Fraternity beyond 
its intrinsic worth, past association and its Masonic character prevents 
the possibility of future disposal. However urgent our wants or flat- 
tering the inducement, it will be kept in remembrance of that associa-- 
tion for generations of Masons yet to come. 

The picture is devoid of idealism, the artist's instructions being- : 
"Paint him as he is," and this Mr. Williams appears to have done, 
bringing out in bold relief several facial marks or blemishes which 
the General is known to have possessed, and which are shown in a 
modified form, if at all, by other artists. The disfiguring scar on his 
left cheek, spoken of by George Washington Parke Custis in his 
reminiscences, the black mole under his right ear, and the marks 
of smallpox on his nose and cheeks are all clearly defined and unmis- 
takable, and this fact adds much to the value of the famous pastel, and 
arouses the deepest interest of both historic and art critics. 




Lafayette 

By Charles AVilsou Peele 



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PAINTING OF GENERAL LAFAYETTE IN WASHINGTON LODGE 



F ALL the piitrlotic lifiurcs of tlio Revolution, not one held or 
deserved to hold a higher place in the esteem and confidence 
of Washington than the young Marquis de Lafayette. His 
heroic espousal of the cause of the Colonies, when a mere 
youth, and a chivalrous resistance of the tyranny and oppression of 
his native land, has created for him an ideal place in the history of 
hoth nations. The painting on the opposite side was executed in 
1784, immediately after the Revolutionary War, by Charles Wilson 
Peele. and presented to the Lodge by an English admirer. It 
shows the Marquis in the uniform of a Continental General 
Ofhcer at the age of twenty-seven. In 1824-25 Lafayette 
visited America for the last time and while on this trip was 
entertained by AVashington Lodge at a called communication 
held February 21, 1825. In receiving the distinguished guest 
Dr. Thomas Semmes, AYorshipful Master, addressed him as follows : 
"You have ever been revered as one of the pillars of our Temple. It 
affords me inexpressible pleasure to be the organ of my Brethren, 
here assembled, to welcome you into the bosom of this Lodge, in 
which your highly valued friend, the beloved 'Father of Our Country,' 
was wont to preside over our labors and inculcate the principles of 
our Order, Friendship, Morality, Brotherly Love and Charity. While 
it is our pride and boast that we had him to rule over us. we also 
esteem ourselves peculiarly happy in having you for our patron. 
When Masonry has such supporters, its principles will be maintained, 
its cause must flourish." To which General Lafayette replied : 
Worshipful Sir and Brethren of AA'ashington Lodge, I receive with 
peculiar sensation this mark of kindness and attention and these ex- 
pressions of esteem from my Masonic Brethren and it is particularly 
gratifying to my feelings to visit the Lodge over which our lamented 
illustrious Brother AVashington presided. I shall ever cherish a high 
regard for Masonry and pray you, AA^orshipful Sir. and the rest of the 
Brethren, to accept my particular and grateful acknowledgment." 
On this occasion Lafayette presented the Lodge with the front door 
key of the Bastile, which, made by hand of wrought iron, weighs five 
pounds, a striking reminder of that house of horrors. The key with 
the silk sash containing the picture of Lafayette, worn by him in the 
Lodge on the occasion of his visit, is now kept in a glass case for 
security and protection. It would be interesting, if space permitted, 
to give the full account (still preserved among our old records) of 
this visit of Lafayette to the Lodge. The many pleasant and beautiful 
expressions of friendship and affection paid the gallant and now ven- 
ex-able Frenchman by his Revolutionary compatriots, who gathered 
for the last time to review the scenes of former struggles in the 
cause of American Independence. The Lodge possesses another life 
size painting of the Marquis in Masonic regalia, which it highly prizes, 
painted in 1840. It closely resembles the patriot's portrait in the 
National Capitol in AVashington. Lafayette was made an Honorary 
Member of the Lodge at this meeting. 



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Sr. Slames (Eratk 

From a painting in Alexandria-Washington Lodge 

SR. JAMES CRAIK was born near Dnmfries, Scotland. 17;^>0. and 
emigrated to America in 1750 ; was surgeon in Washington's 
first command and with him in the Battle of the Great Meadows, 
1754. For gallant conduct and meritorious service at the Battle 
of Monongahela, 1755, Craik was officially commended. In 1760 he 
married Washington's cousin, Mariamne, daughter of Charles Ewell. of 
Belle Air, Prince William County. Va. He was Surgeon-Ceneral in the 
Continental Army and Director of the Hospital at Yorktown. He was 
perhaps the most intimate friend of Washington, who refers to him in 
his will as "My old and intimate friend, Dr. Craik." Was with the 
General in every battle he fought, from Great Meadows to Yorktown. 
He ministered to the dying Braddock at Monongahela, and saw the 
gallant Hugh Mercer breathe his last on the field of Princeton ; dressed 
Lafayette's wounds at Brandywine : was at the death bed of John 
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ingtoii when he passed to the great beyond, and soothed the dying 
moments of Martha, the wife of Washington. Dr. Craik died at 
Vauclause, near Alexandria, February 6, 1814, in the S4th year of his 
age, and was interred in tlie burial grounds of the old Presbyterian 
Church on South Fairfax Street, Alexandria, and in an unmarked 
grave. His Masonic apron is one of the cherished heirlooms of the 
Lodge. 




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/•^THIS PICTfRE of p:ieanor (Nellie) Custis, adopted daughter of 
#"■ Washington and grand-daughter of his wife, Martha, is from 
^^^ a painting in Alexandria-Washington Lodge ; but the repro- 
duction fails to do full justice to either the subject or the paint- 
ing from which it was taken. This, however, seems to be unavoidable, 
as the canvas was badly injured when the old Temple was burned 
in 1871. On the death of her father. John Custis, son of Mrs. Wash- 
ington. November 5, 1781, General Washington adopted his two youngest 
children — Nellie and George Washington Parke Custis. These children 
were reared at Mount Vernon, and on the 22d of February. 1798, Nellie 
married Major Lawrence Lewis, Washington's nephew and Social Sec- 
retary. After the death of the General, Mrs. Lewis and husband 
erected Woodlawn, about three miles inland from Mount Vernon, 
and on a part of that estate which she had inherited from the General. 



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She (lied in lSr>2, aiid is buried beside tlie tomb at Mount Vernon. 
Woodlawn is still standinsj. 




From a painting in Alexandria-Washington Lodge 



Nl'MEROUS writers have endeavored to weave around the youth 
of Washington the halo of romance, and have eonnected his 
name in a sentimental wa.v with a number of the leading belles 
of Colonial times. In bo.yhood letters he speaks forlornly of 
his "Lowland Beauty." Who was the "Lowland Beauty V She has 
been variously identified as Miss Mary Cary, Miss Luc.v Grimes, and 
others ; but the following letter, written to William Fauntleroy, Esquire, 
of Naylors Hole, on the Rappahannock River, in 1752, and unearthed 
by General Fitzhugh Lee, lends color to the claim that Betsy Fauntleroy 
was this lady of mystery : 

■•May 20, 17.-)2. 
"To Wm. Fauntleroy, Sr. 

"Sir : I should have been down long before this, but my business 
in Frederick detained me somewhat longer than I expected and im- 
mediately upon my return from thence, I was taken with a violent 
pleurice wliich has reduced me very low : but propose, as soon as I 
recover my strength, to wait on Miss Betsy in liopes of revocation of 



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the former cruel sentence, and see if I can meet with any alteration in 
my favor. I have enclosed a letter to her, which should be much 
obliged to you for the delivery of it. I have nothing to add but my 
best respects to your good lady and family. 

"GEO WASHINGTON." 

3mxtxn\ ci Wafilimgtnn 

yyy ENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON died at Mount Vernon 
■ Ip^ twenty minutes after ten o'clock P.M., Saturday, December 
V^^ 14, 1799, and his body was deposited in the Old Tomb, shown 
below, at a few minutes after three P.M., on Wednesday Decem- 
ber 18th. Libelous or ignorant sceptics, the enemies of our institution, 
have denied that Washington received Masonic burial, in an official 
sense, or that he was even a Mason, in good standing, at the time of 
his death. In order that every member of the American Craft may 
know the true story of the funeral and form his own conclusions, we 
will draw from the old minutes of "No. 22" for our account of this 
imposing ceremony. 




Old Tomb 

In attendance at the bedside of the General in his last illness and 
when he expired, were three jjh.vsicians, namely, Doctors Dick, Craik 
and Brown, all of whom were Masons. The first two were members 
of Washington's own Lodge, "No. 22," Doctor Dick being Master, and 
Dr. Brown was the 5th Grand Master of Maryland. On Monday, the 
16th of December, 1799, to make arrangements for the interment, a 
funeral Lodge was called. Doctor Dick presiding, with Colonel George 



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Deueale, Si'iiior WaidtMi. i)io tern, and Colonel Dennis liaiusay, Junior 
Warden, pro tern. In t-onformity to the plan agreed upon at this com- 
munication, at an early hour on the following Wednesday, December 
18th, the Lodge and visiting Brethren, under escort of the militia and 
citizens of Alexandria, started for Mount Vernon, where they arrived 
about one o'clock P.M. The funeral procession being formed, moved in 
the following order : First, the troops, horse and foot ; next, the clergy. 
Reverends James Muir, Thomas Davis, William Maffit, and AVilliam 
Addison, the first three being members of "No. 22." The General's 
horse, with saddle, holsters and pistols, led by two grooms, Cyrus and 
Wilson ; music ; guard of honor ; then the bier, borne by four young 
Lieutenants of the "lOGth Regiment of Virginia Militia," namely Law- 
rence Hooff , Jr., James Turner. George Wise and William Moss ; pall- 
bearers. Colonel Charles Simms. Dennis Ramsay, William Payne, George 
Gilpin, Charles Little and Philip Marstella, all Revolutionary officers 
and all members of "No. 22," except Colonel Marstella, who was not 
a Mason, but whose son, Philip, was, and was present with the Lodge. 
Next came the mourners and then the Masons, seventy-nine in all. 
Colonel George Deneale, Junior Warden, commanding the troops, 
Captain Percey, Senior Warden, commanding his company, the 
"Alexandria Blues," Captain Young, a member, the cavalry, and Captain 
William Harper, also a member, the artillery. On arriving at the 
tomb, the services of the Episcopal Church were performed by Reverend 
Thomas Davis, Rector of Christ Church, and member of the Lodge, 
and the Masonic service by Doctor Elisha C. Dick, Worshipful Master 
of "No. 22,'' assisted by Reverend James Muir, Chaplain. 

As can be seen from this brief abstract, the full text of which is 
given in the "History of the Lodge of Washington," and in Hayden's 
"Washington and His Masonic Compeers," both accounts corresponding 
to the old minutes of "No. 22," how essentially Masonic in all its 
details was the funeral of Washington, the greatest of all Americans, 
and how little importance has been attached to this imposing event, 
in the history of our country, even by zealous Masonic writers of care- 
ful research and wide renown. To Hayden, therefore, more than 
any other man, are we indebted for the full account of the ceremonies, 
who, when compiling his splendid work, quoted above, away back in the 
"fifties," took the trouble to examine carefully the old minutes of 
"No. 22," and obtain the data which formed the basis of his excellent 
description of this important event. 

The route pursued by this funeral Lodge to and from Mount Vernon, 
a distance of about nine miles, was in that day a primitive highway 
and required several hours of tedious and laborious effort to make 
the journey. The sun had already sunk behind the western hills, and 
the gathering shadows had begun to fall when the sad procession re- 
sumed its homeward journey. Although the list of those participating 
in this historic event has frequently been published, it will perhaps 
be not amiss to chronicle their names again. Indeed, it may be that 
some reader of thif little booklet will find among the devoted band of 
Masons the familiar name of a cherished ancestor : 



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Dr. Elisha Ciillen Dick. W. M. 
Henr.v Piercy, S. W. 
George Deneale, J. W. 
David Wilson Scott, Sec'y. 
Robert B. Jamesson, Treas. 
William Burtleman, S. D. 
Josiah Faxson. J. D. 
John C. Kempft", Tiler. 



Colonel Charles Simiiis 
Colonel Dennis Ramsay 
Colonel William Payne 
Rev. Dr. James Muir 
Rev. William Maffit 
Dr. James Gillis 
William Ramsay 
John McKnight 
Peter Cotton 
Forrest Richardson 
Joseph Neale 
Thomas Peterkim 
Charles Turner 
James MacKenzie 
Joseph Thomas 
Jonathan Sv^ift 
Ferdinando Faii-fax 
Wm. Byrd Page 
Philip G. Marsteller 
Robert Young 
William Hodgson 
Joseph Gilpin 
Dr. Augustine J. Smith 
John Borrowdale 
Thomas Rogerson 
Robert Patton 
Baldwin Dade 
Charles Alexander 
John C. Hunter 
Philip Dawe 
John Kincaid 
John Muir 
Alexander Latimer 
James D. Wescott 
Patrick Byrne 
John Williams 
James Hays 



Colonel George Gilpin 
Colonel Charles Little 
Dr. James Craik 
Dev. Thomas Davis 
Captain William Harper 
George Graham 
William Johnston 
Guy Atkinson 
John T. Brooks 
Michael Flannery 
Dennis McCarty Johnson 
Joshua Riddle 
George Coryell 
Alexander MacKenzie 
George Chapman. Jr. 
Bernard Ghequiere 
John Mclver 
William Herbert 
James Wilson 
Richard Conway 
Walter Jones, Jr. 
Thomas Triplet t 
Robert Alexander 
Robert Allison 
Mark Butts 
Philip Magruder 
William Jackson 
Stephen Stephens 
David Martin 
Charles Jones 
Robert Brocket, Sr. 
John Lemoine 
.Tames Davidson 
James Wigginton 
John Bogue 
George Lane 



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OIl|nat Qll^wrrli, Alrxanbria, Ha. 



^*^\ EFORE the Revolution General Washington usually attended 
|JI|4 Pohiek Chui-fh in Fairfax County, about seven miles below 
f^^ Mount Vernon, but upon the completion of Christ Church in 
Alexandria in 1773. he purchased a pew in that house of wor- 
ship, for which he paid the sum of 36 pounds and 10 shillings, and 
after that time, when at home, was a regular attendant at this church. 
In it, in 1853, Robert E. Lee, the great Southern leader, was contirmed 
in the Episcopal faith by the renowned Rev. William Meade, after- 
wards Bishop of the Diocese of Virginia. The interior of the church 
has been changed several times, but the pew of Washington has been 
restored to its original design, and both the pews of Washington and 
Lee are marked. The i»resent gallery was erected in 1787, and the 
steeple was added in 1S18. Some of the most eminent divines in 
Virginia have served as Rectors of this parish, among them Bryan, 
the Eighth Lord Fairfax. David Griffith, William Meade, and Randolph 
McKim, and on the vestry regi.ster we find, in addition to General 
Washington, the names of Lord Bryan Fairfax, Ludwell Lee, E!dmund 
I. Lee, Captain William Payne, Col. Charles Simms, Cassius F. Lee. 
Col. John A. Washington and General John Mason. The old edifice is 
redolent with the spirit of sacred history and tradition, and is beauti- 
fully situated in the lieart of the city. 



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(Harlyl? IJouhp 



^ii OHN CARLYLE was of Scotch descent ; emigrated to America 
Ml in 1740; settled in this city about 1744; married Sarah, daugliter 
^fj of William Fairfax, of Belvoir, near Mount Vernon. In 1752 he 
erected the now famous Cai'lyle House in Alexandria. The house 
was occupied in 1755 by General Braddock as his headquarters. It 
was in this private residence that the famous Council of GoA-ernors. 
consisting of Shirley, of Massachusetts : DeT.ancey, of New York ; 
Sharp, of Maryland : Morris, of Pennsylvania, and Dinwiddle, of 
Virginia, assembled in 1755 to deliberate upon Braddock's campaign 
ivt the beginning of the French and Indian War, during which the 
youthful Washington was made a Major on Braddock's Staff. In it 
also at this time was made the first suggestion of Colonial taxation 
by the English Parliament. The picture shows the old mansion as it 
was before the erection of the buildings which now obscure it from 
the street. In the building on the corner, to the north of the Carlyle 
House, was established the first U. S. sub-post office in the United 
States, and in the basement of this building, the windows of which 
are protected by iron bars, was established in 1792, with William 
Herbert, son-in-law of John Carlyle, as President, the Bank of Alex- 
andria, the first chartered institution of its kind in the State of 
Virginia. 



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(Etty ^atti 



0^tl0 HE CITY HOTEL, formerly Gadsby's Tavern, is full of historic 
#*■ interest. The smaller of the two buildings shown in the pic- 

^^^ ture was. on two occasions, the headquarters of General Wash- 
ington. While quartered in this building he recruited his first 
command in 1754, and from there started on his march which resulted 
in the Battle of Great Meadows. One year later he occupied the same 
building when made a Major on Braddock's Staff. From the steps of 
the main or larger building he announced to the assembled throng- 
the result of the convention in Richmond which adopted the Federal 
Constitution in 1788. From the doorway, in 1789, he delivered a fai'e- 
well address to his neighbors while on his way to his first inauguration^ 
and from the .same steps only a few weeks before he died he reviewed 
the local troops and gave his hist military command. In it the cele- 
brated assemblies, or dances, which Washington and his wife were 
accustomed to attend, were held. The old ballroom is still to be seen 
on the second floor of the north section, with its music gallery intact. 
In this, tlie corner building, Paul Jones and Lafayette first met and 
became acquainted, and it was there that Lafayette was entertained 
by the Commonality during his stay in Alexandria while on his last 
visit to America in 1824. There, in 1798, was held the first celebration 
of General Washington's birthday, and among those participating were 
the General and his wife. This old building should be preserved, and 
by rights belong to the Dauhters of the American Revolution. 



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ENEIiAL WASHINGTON maintained an office in Alexandria, 
and when at Mount Vernon retained a clerk there. The duties 
of this Alexandria secretary were to look after the General's 
local interests, to accommodate belated visitors on their way 
to Mount Vernon, and give them such attention as their circumstances 
might require. In October, 1785, George A. Washington, nephew of 
the General, and a great favorite, married Fannie Bassett, a niece of 
Mrs. Washington. The young couple made their home at Mount Vernon 
until after the death of her husband (which occurred while the General 
was serving his second term as President, and residing in Philadelphia ) , 
when the widow, Mrs. Fannie Washington, moved to Alexandria, and 
occupied the little building shown above until her marriage to Colonel 
Tobias Lear, Washington's private secretary, after which they made 
their home at Wellington, about three miles below Alexandria. The 
building was torn down in 1857, and the picture is all that remains 
of what would be now an object of historic interest. The building 
was located on the south side of Cameron Street, between Pitt and 
St. Asaph. 



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Alpxantirta Arabpmy 



3N THE building shown above, which is still occupied as a public 
school, General Washington established the first permanent free 
school in Virginia. It was attached to, and placed under the 
supervision of the trustees of what was then known as the 
Alexandria Academy. The entire correspondence relating to the subject 
between General Washington and the trustees of the Academy is still 
extant, and a part of the public school record of this city. The General 
guarantees the annual payment of "»() pounds sterling to maintain a 
school for the children of indigent people, and a sufficient endowment 
fund to yield this amount after his death. And in his will can be 
found this item : "I give and bequeath to the trustees of the Alexandria 
Academy in the town of Alexandria .$4,000.00, or in other words twenty 
of the shares I hold in the Bank of Alexandria, towards the support 
of a free school, established at, and annexed to, the said Academy." 
In 1811 General Henry (Light Horse Harry) Lee moved from Stradford 
House in Westmoreland County. \i\.. with his family to this city, and 
placed his children in the Alexandria Academy, and it was in this old 
structure that Robert E. Lee of immortal fame received his primary 
education under the famous Irish pedagogue, Wm. B. Leary. The old 
house is located in tlie southern section of the city, on the southeast 
corner of Wolf and Washington Streets. 



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OII^p iHarBtiall ^x^\XBt 



® 



N THE southeast corner of King and Pitt Streets is located 
the Marshall House, formerly occupied as a hotel, and in 
which was shed the first blood in Virginia during the Civil 
War. It was in this building, on May 24, 1861, that Colonel 
Ellsworth, of the New York Zouaves, met his death at the hands of 
James Jackson, the proprietor, who in turn was shot down and bayo- 
netted to death by Francis E. Brownwell, and other members of the 
squad. Jackson had hoisted a Confederate flag over his hostelry, and 
had declared "that the man who lowered it would do so over his dead 
body." The emblem could be seen with glasses from the heights and 
roofs of public buildings in Washington, and doubtless Colonel Ellsworth 
had heard of the incident before landing in Alexandria. Colonel 
Ellsworth, with his New Yoi'k Zouaves, came down the Potomac on 
barges, landing at the foot of Cameron Street. He conducted a small 
guard or squadron to the scene of the sad and useless tragedy. The 
entire incident was over in ten minutes after the troops reached the 
building, but it left heartburns which lasted for years. 



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®l|e (gporge fflJaalitngton fKaaonir JJatioual 
mpmnrial AsBortalion 

^^■rHE MANNER in wliich AVashington Lodge acquired its collec- 
/"l tion of lieirlooms is not only interesting but unusual. General 
^^J^ Washington's fondness for the Lodge and Masonry in general 
undoubtedly prompted Mrs. Washington to present the clock 
shown on page 10, and this, from all accounts, was the first con- 
tribution. Establishing a precedent, others of the family and their 
intimate associates followed her example in rapid succession. Indeed 
so numerous were these gifts that as early as 1811 the Lodge found 
itself seriously pressed for room to store and properly care for the 
accumulation. To relieve the congestion and afford fitting display for 
the elaborate collection, in 1818 an appeal was made to the City Council 
for assistance, which was promptly gi-anted, and the entire third story 
of the west wing of the City Hall was set apart and in it the Lodge 
instituted the Alexandria-Washington Lodge Museum, with Major 
Timothy Mountford, a veteran member, in charge. The new quarters 
secured was most conveniently situated ; it was close to the Temple, 
and virtually in the same building, while the venerable custodian 
was fit and devoted to his task. In 1814 British troops on their way 
to Washington looted Alexandria, but disturbed not a memento in 
possession of the Lodge, and in the four years' struggle between the 
States — 1861 to 1805 — although Alexandria was continuously occu- 
pied by the Union forces, not a picture was taken from the walls or 
a souvenir removed from its accustomed place. A splendid tribute to 
the chivalry of both the English and American soldier. On the 19th 
day of May. 1871, another visitor came when least expected and with 
malignant intent, and in a few hours the City Hall. Museum and 
Temple were reduced to a charred and worthless ruin by a disastrous 
fire, and had it not been for the prompt action of the fire department, 
assisted by a large number of Masons who had hurried to the scene, 
not a relic would have been saved, and notwithstanding the heroic and 
almost superhuman efforts displayed by those present, a very consid- 
erable number of the most valuable articles Avere lost. (See page 47.) 
The Temple Avas immediately rebuilt and the relics and furniture 
rescued from the fire were in due time placed in the new building, 
and the doors closed to the public, except on rare occasions or when 
some persistent Aisitor made special effort to get in. 

This condition of repose and seclusion, however satisfactory to the 
staid old members, was destined not to continue. There were industrial 
forces at work which would change the provincial old town to a center 
of cosmopolitan activity. Prior to 1806 the only convenient route open 
to visitors from AVashington to Mount Vernon was by steamboat, 
which usually made but one trip a day. But in that year an electric 
railroad was completed, connecting these points, with stopover privi- 
leges at Alexandria, and a more convenient schedule provided. This 
arrangement diverted much of the travel from the water route, and 



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incidentally increased the number of visitors to Alexandria a hundred 
fold, and the demands of admittance to the Lodge were correspondingly 
increased. It also added a new and important duty to the fixed duties 
of the Lodge officers. As many of the tourists who sought admittance 
to the Temple were Masons, the Lodge thought their request could not 
be well denied, and on the 1st day of May, 1907, after having been 
closed to the public for nearly forty years, its doors were again thrown 
open to meet this popular and ever-increasing demand, with Brother 
Park Custis Timberman in charge. Since then the number of visitors 
has gradually increased from about six hundred the first year to 
perhaps fifteen thousand in the present. With the rising tide of 
tourists came persistent appeals for greater security for the relics. 
These heirlooms should be placed in a fireproof building, etc., was, and 
is, the "timely warning" of a great majority of those who view this 
revered shrine. Among others, the Honorable Oscar Lawler, Past 
Grand Master of California, and at that time — 1908 — Assistant Secre- 
tary of the Interior, became deeply interested in the subject ; paid 
several visits to the city, and earnestly besought the Lodge to issue 
an appeal to the fraternity at large for funds to erect a more imposing 
and up-to-date fireproof building for the Lodge. This suggestion, while 
made in good faith and with the best intent, did not entirely meet the 
approbation of the members. There were certain principles involved 
which could not be entirely reconciled to Brother Lawler's proposals. 
"We have an ample income to defray current expenses, own our Temple, 
and do not owe a dollar. Then why should we ask the Masons of 
other jurisdictions to build us a house to protect our property, they 
reasoned? It was beneath the dignity of the Lodge, and not compatible 
with the ethics of the Institution of Masonry for a Lodge possessing 
large wealth in the nature of personal efl'ects to make itself an object 
of charity, they contended, and the proposition to make this appeal fell 
through. But from this line of reasoning, and these discussions, came 
the germ of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Asso- 
ciation, with its attendant featui'es and objects. The suggestion to 
create a national organization, when understood, met with prompt and 
decisive approval, not only from the local Fraternity, but from the 
great mass of the leading members of the Craft throughout the country, 
and fortunately one of the first to grasp the idea, and fully comprehend 
the importance of the subject, was Most Worshipful Joseph W. 
Eggleston, at that time Grand Master of Masons in Virginia, who not 
only approved the plan adopted by Washington Lodge, but strongly 
recommended it to the favorable consideration of the other Grand 
Masters in America. This endorsement, followed by an invitation and 
appeal fx"om Alexandria-Washington Lodge, produced the desired 
results, and on February 22, 1910, the time appointed for the first con- 
ference, IS representatives of as many Grand Lodges assembled in the 
Masonic Temple in Alexandria prepared to consider the subject in 
detail. 

Most Worshipful William B. McChesney, who had succeeded Brother 
Eggleston in the Grand East in Virginia, called the meeting to order, 
and, in introducing the subject, said in part : 



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"By the grace of God and invitation of Alexandria-Washington 
Lodge, No. 22, we are here today to begin an organization, wliich we 
hope will be as lasting as the memory of him whose birthday we cele- 
brate. In the beginning I wish to state that this is a function entirely 
of Alexandria-Washington Lodge. 1, lil<i' other representatives from 
other Grand Jurisdictions, am 
an invited guest. They have 
conceived this to be something 
that is due the nation. Having 
for their first Master, Worship- 
ful Brother George Washington, 
they necessarily feel that he is 
of them and is theirs. They 
have priceless relics of his life 
surrounding them, and as they 
wish to preserve them, they pro- 
pose to make this a national or- 
ganization. If they desire to 
have a building simply as an or- 
nament to their city and to their 
Lodge, all they would have to do 
would be to present at public 
auction these sacred relics. 
With the proceeds they could 
erect the finest Temple in Vir- 
ginia, but, appreciating their 
history and believing that the 
other Grand Jurisdictions feel 
interested in Brother Washing- 
ton, as they do, they come before you witli this proposition tliat the 
matter may be taken up as a national project." 

At the conclusion of this address, on motion, tlie following commit- 
tee on organization was appointed : Honorable James D. Richardson, 
Sovereign (Jrand Commander, A. S. S. R., Southern Jurisdiction rep- 
resenting Tennessee, Chairman ; Thomas J. Shryock, G. M. of Maryland ; 
D. D. Darrah, Deputy G. M. of Illinois; Henry Banks, G. M. of 
Georgia ; H. H. Ross, representing Vermont ; Thomas J. Day, P. G. M. 
of Delaware ; John H. Cowles, G. M. of Kentucky ; James R. Johnson, 
G. M. of South Carolina ; H. H. Nichols, representing Texas ; J. K. M. 
Norton, R. S. Barrett and C. H. Callahan, advisory for Lodge No. 22, 
Alexandria, Va. 

The Committee, after several liours of deliberation, reported favor- 
ably upon the whole proposition, submitting to the convention certain 
resolutions and a tentative plan of organization, which were approved 
and unanimously adopted by the Council. It was the first step in the 
organization of a movement which would soon span the continent 
and embrace within its membership a great majority of the Grand 
Lodges in America. We print herewith the preamble and resolutions 
of endorsement, with a list of the signers who pledged their support to 




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the undertaking, but limited space will not permit the publication of 
even an extract of the proceedings. 

"Whereas, Alexandria, Virginia, was tlie home town of George 
Washington, he being a member of its Council, a vestryman in Christ 
Church, and first Master of Alexandria Lodge, No. 22 ; Alexandria's 
citizens first celebrating his birthday, its soldiers, physicians, ministers 
and Masons ministering to him in life and in death, the Alexandria- 
Washington Lodge possessing, as priceless heirlooms many of the per- 
sonal effects and Masonic treasures of this man, whom Heaven left 
cliildless that a nation might call him father ; and Whereas, It has 
been aptly said that 'until time shall be no more, will a test of the 
progress, which our race has made in wisdom and virtue, be derived 
from the veneration paid to tlie immortal name of Washington,' 

"Now, therefore, be it Resolved: 

"Tliat we approve and endorse tlie proposed erection of a Masonic 
Temple as a memorial to George Washington, under the auspices of 
Alexandria-Washington Lodge. No. 22, A. F. & A. M., of Alexandria, 
Virginia. 

"Resolved: Tliat we pledge our earnest support to this commendable 
undertaking, and that all Grand Masters are earnestly requested to 
call the same to the attention of the Lodges within their several juris- 
dictions, and urge upon them their hearty co-operation and assistance. 

Signed: Lawrence Lee, G. M. of Alabama; Oscar Lawler, P. G. M. 
of California ; F. A. Verplank. G. M.. Connecticut : Thomas J. Day, 
P. G. M., Delaware ; Geo. C. Ober, G. M., District of Columbia ; Henry 
Banks, G. M. of Georgia ; Delmor H. Darrah, D. G. M., Illinois ; John 
H. Cowles. G. M. of Kentucky; The Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of 
Maryland, by Thomas J. Shryock, G. M. ; Thomas J. Shryock, G. M. 
of Maryland ; Alton H. Sherman, D. G. M. of New Jersey ; James R. 
Johnson, G. M. of South Carolina ; James D. Richardson, P. G. M. of 
Tennessee ; William H. Nichols, P. G. M. of Texas ; Henry H. Ross, 
G. S. for Grand Master of Vermont ; Frank Wells Clark, G. M. of West 
Virginia ; William B. McChesney, G. M. of A'irginia ; Henry E. Vurnham, 
G. M. of New Hampshire ; William S. Linton, for Arthur M. Hume, 
G. M. of Michigan." 

The discussion of the subject by the whole convention developed a 
wide range of thought, and convinced all present that an organization 
of the nature proposed was not only necessary for the successful 
prosecution of tlie Memorial enterprise, but would, if its scope was 
broadened, if all branches of the Fraternity were admitted to member- 
ship, exercise a salutary and beneficent influence on the whole. After 
fixing the date for the permanent organization of the Association on 
the 22d of February, 1911, at a late hour in the evening the convention 
adjourned. 



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©rgamzatton nf tl|p (^tor^t MaBl^tttgtDn ilaBnnir 
National ii?m0rtal AHsartalton iFrb. 22, 19U 

-^ HAT THE foregoing tentative endorsements and pledges of the 
m (irand Masters, or their representatives, given at the meeting 
in 1910, were made in good faith and religiously kept, is evi- 
denced by the successful organization of the permanent Memorial Asso- 
ciation at the time and place agreed upon, by resolution February 22, 
1910, viz., "that the fir.st regular meeting of the Association take place 
in the City of Alexandria, Virginia, on February 22, 1911." Pursuant 
to this pre-arranged plan, representatives from twenty-seven Juris- 
dictions assembled in Alexandria -Washington Lodge room on the morn- 
ing of February 21, 1911, and with ^lost Worshipful Wm. B. MeChesney, 
Grand Master of Masons in Virginia, presiding, immediately began a 
careful considei-ation of the subject in question. 

After appointing Right Worshipful Vv. L. Andrews, Deputy Grand 
Master of this Grand Jurisdiction, Secretary, pro tem, on motion, 
the chair nominated the following Committee on Constitution and 
By-laws: James R. John.son, G. M. of South Carolina, Chairman; 
John Albert Blake, P. G. M. of Massachusetts; A. B. Ashley, G. M. 
of Illinois ; Lawrence IL Lee, G. M. of Alabama ; John J. Hull, G. M. 
of North Dakota ; Robert R. Burnham, G. M. of Kentucky ; Henry 
Banks, P. G. M. of Georgia; R. T. W. Duke, Jr., P. G. M. and repre- 
sentative from Virginia ; Honorable W. R. Ellis, representative from 
Oregon, with Charles H. Callahan and Robert S. Barrett as an ad- 
visory committee from Washington Lodge who, after careful considera- 
tion of the whole subject, submitted the preliminary draft of a Con- 
stitution in fourteen sections, which was taken up and discussed .seriatim 
and subsequently passed as a whole. 

Space will not permit publication of the instrument in full and 
our readers will, therefore, have to be content with the following 
brief synopsis. The new fundamental law of the Association is a 
document worthy of its framers and covers well the salient and im- 
portant features of the new organization safeguarding its interests and 
defining its powers. After reaffirming the action of the meeting in 
1910 and endorsing the efforts of the Local Memorial Committee, it 
was first agreed that the name of the Association should be "The George 
Washington Masonic National Memorial Association," second, that the 
Association meet annually in the City of Alexandria, Va., on the 22d 
day of February in the Memorial, when completed, and in Alexandria- 
Washington Lodge, No. 22, A. F, & A. M., until the completion of said 
Temple. Special meetings were then provided for. The III Section 
sets forth the objects of the Association, which are, first, the collection 
of a fund to erect and maintain a suitable Masonic memorial to George 
Washington in the form of a Temple ; second, "to provide a place where 
the several Grand Jurisdictions, members of .said Association, may 
perpetuate in imperishable form the memory and achievements of the 
men whose distinguished services, zealous attachment and unswerving 



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fidelity to the principles of our institution merit particular and lasting 
reward ; to create, foster and diffuse a more intimate fraternal spirit, 
understanding and intercourse l)et\veen the several Grand Jurisdictions 
and Sovereign Grand Bodies throughout the United States and her 
Insular Possessions, members of this Association ; to cherish, maintain 
and extend the wholesome influence and example of our illustrious 
dead." The active membership of the Association is to be composed 
of the Grand Masters of the several Grand Lodges, the Grand High 
Priest of the General Grand Chapter of the United States of America, 
the Grand High Priest of any Grand Chapter not owing allegiance 
thereto, the Grand Master of the Grand Council of Royal and Select 
Masters, the Grand Master of the Grand Encampment of the United 
States, and the Sovereign Grand Commanders of the Supreme Councils 
Scottish Rite Masons and one properly accredited representative from 
each Grand Lodge, etc., and the Association, as a special and particular 
honor, may elect from the Masonic Fraternity of the United States or 
her insular possessions, honorary members, which membership, how- 
ever, shall not confer any of the rights or privileges accorded the 
active members. 

The Officers of the Association are President, four Vice-Presidents, 
Secretary, Treasurer, Chaplain, two Stewards and a Sentinel, who 
shall be selected from the membership of the Association at the annual 
meeting on the 22d of February, 1911, and on the same date every 
two years thereafter, and all officers are to continue in office until 
their successors are elected and installed. 

The election of officers is to be by ballot by a majority vote of the 
representatives present and their installation is to take place immedi- 
ately after their election. 

Quorum. The representatives of one-fifth of the full membership 
of the Association shall constitute a legal quorum for the transaction 
of business or the election and installation of officers. Following this, 
the Constitution very clearly defines the duties of the several officers, etc. 

Section X deals with the Title to the Property, which is to be vested 
in a board of five trustees, who, as well as their successors, are to be 
elected by the Association. Three of whom are to be nominated by 
Alexandria-AVashington Lodge and all appointed in the mode prescribed 
by the laws of Virginia. 

Section XI reserves for the Association the right to expel members 
and provides that any member legally deprived of the rights and 
benefits of Masonry shall be, by virtue of such action, deprived of all 
the rights and privileges of this Association. 

Section XII provides for amendments to the Constitution and 
Section XIII relates specifically to the Memorial fund and specifies 
that all funds raised for the erection and maintenance of the Temple 
shall be paid into the treasury of the Local Masonic Memorial Com- 
mittee of Alexandria-Washington Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Alexandria, 
Va., and not less than twenty-five per cent of the net amount paid 
into the said treasury shall be set apart as an endowment or trust 
fund, the revenues from which to be used for the exclusive purpose 



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of preservini? and maintaining the building, as sliall all revonuos derived 
from the rental of the auditorium, etc., said treasurer to be bonded in 
some reliable bonding company and to be required to make annual 
report in writing to the Association of all monies received and disbursed. 
Section XIV. The Grand Masters and representatives of Grand 
Lodges, etc., whose names are hereinafter attached, solemnly pledge 
themselves to use their moral intluence and give their active support 
to the furtherance of the plan and the collection of said monies neces- 
sary for the completion and endowment of the said Memorial and they 
hereby further pledge themselves to work in conjunction with the 
Local Memorial Committee in extending the scope of the national 
organization by inducing the Grand Lodges and other Supreme Bodies 
and Councils, not now a part of the Association, to identify themselves 
herewith. 

Signed 

Henry Banks, P. G. M. and repi-esentative of Grand Lodge of Georgia. 

Wyndham Stokes, Grand Master of West Virginia. 

A. B. McGaffey, Gi'and Master of Colorado. 

Wm. B. McChesney, Grand Master of Vii-ginia. 

R. T. W. Duke, Jr., representative of Grand Lodge of Virginia. 

A. B. Ashley, Grand Master of Illinois. 

James R. Johnson, Grand Master of South Carolina. 

F. E. Harrison, representative of Grand Lodge of South Carolina. 

John J. Hull, Grand Master of North Dakota. 

J. Claude Keiper, Grand Master of District of Columbia. 

Geo. C. Ober, representative of Grand Lodge of District of Columbia. 

Thomas J. Shryock, Grand Master of Maryland. 

Richard N. Hackett, Grand Master of North Carolina. 

M. C. S. Noble, representative of Grand Lodge of North Carolina. 

Hon. Samuel Pasco, representative of Grand Lodge of Florida. 

Thomas J. Day, P. G. M. and representative of Grand Lodge of 

Delaware. 
R. B. Chapman, Grand Master of Connecticut. 

Frank W. Havens, representative of Grand Lodge of Connecticut. 
Henry L. Ballou, Grand Master of Vermont. 
Henry H. Ross, representative of Grand Lodge of Vermont. 
Alexander A. Sharp, Grand Master of Kansas. 

James H. MacLeary, representative of Grand Lodge of Porto Rico. 
Law^rence H. Lee, Grand Master of Alabama. 
Geo. A. Beauchamp, representative of Grand Lodge of Alabama. 
Arthur H. Armington, representative of Grand Lodge of Rhode Island. 
Robert R. Burnham, Grand Master of Kentucky. 
Robert C. Stockton, representative of Grand Lodge of Kentucky. 
James M. Lamberton, representative of Grand Master of Pennsylvania. 
Alton H. Sherman, Grand Master of New Jersey. 
Henry Berg, representative of Grand Lodge of New Jersey. 
J. Albert Blake, proxy of Grand Master of Massachusetts. 
Wm. H. L. Odell, representative of Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. 
Hon. Geo. E. Chamberlain, proxy of Grand Master of Oregon. 



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Hon. W. R. Ellis, representative of Grand Lodge of Oregon. 
G. Roscoe Swift, Grand Master of Michigan. 
James E. Dillon, representative of Grand Lodge of Michigan. 
Milton J. Hull, representative of Grand Lodge of Nebraska. 
Martin A. Morrison, representative of Grand Master of Indiana. 

The Constitution having been adopted, the Council proceeded with 
the election of officers for tlie permanent Association. On motion, the 
rules were suspended and Most Worshipful Thomas J. Shryock, Grand 
Master of Masons in Maryland, nominated by P. G. M. Judge R. T. W. 
Duke, Jr., representative of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, was unani- 
mously elected and immediately installed as the First President of 
the '"George Washington Masonic Nati(nial Memorial Association." 
Accepting the position with its grave responsibilities General Shryock 
gave assurance of his high appreciation of the unusual honor conferred 
upon him, pledging his best efforts to the interest of the undertaking, 
urging active co-operation in every Grand Jurisdiction to further the 
interest and make the movement a success. After which the follow- 
ing were nominated and unanimously elected for the ensuing two 
years : James M. Lamberton, S. G. D. of Pennsylvania, First Vice- 
President ; James R. Johnson, G. M. of South Carolina. Second Vice- 
President ; A. B. McGaffey, G. M. of Colorado, Third Vice-President; 
A. B. Ashley, G. M. of Illinois, Fourth Vice-President ; Lawrence H. 
Lee, G. M. of Alabama, Secretary ; Dana J. Flanders, G. M. of Massa- 
chusetts, Treasurer, and the following were appointed to the subordi- 
nate offices by the President : H. K. Field, G. J. D. of Virginia, and 
J. Edward Shinn, P. M. of Alexandria-Washington Lodge, Stewards, 
with George W. Zachary, Tyler and custodian of Alexandria-Washington 
Lodge, Sentinel. 

The convention concluded its labors at twelve o'clock on the 22d, 
when, after luncheon, the distinguished delegation was taken to Mount 
Vernon by special trains, returning about four o'clock P.M. Alexandria- 
Washington Lodge was opened in due and ancient form and the Master 
Mason's Degree conferred by Grand Master G. Roscoe Swift, of 
Michigan, and a Degree-team from his Grand Jurisdiction. President 
Taft, arriving about five-thirty P.M., was received in the Lodge and 
presented from the East and was an interested observer of the work, 
expressing his extreme gratification and pleasure in being permitted 
to be present at such an important function and later declared with 
enthusiasm that he had enjoyed every minute of the exei'cises. 

The ceremonies closed with a banquet at which President Taft 
repeated his gratification in being enabled to participate in the in- 
augural movement of this great undertaking. It is imposible to give 
a full list of all the distinguished guests present or to enumerate 
their expressions of approval of the Memorial undertaking. From every 
part of our great nation and from almost every calling and profession 
in life, the most distinguished representatives of the Craft assembled 
to lay the foundation for a permanent organization which will stand 
not only as an eloquent testimonial of our veneration for Washington 
and his Masonic compeers but to the energy and zeal of the present 



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generation of Masons, assimilating the tUouglit and welding in closer 
union and fraternal bondage every section of our glorious Republic. 
No comparison with any previous effort of the institution can be made 
for the sufficient reason that none such has ever existed. Our antici- 
pation of the glorious result of our labors is probably best expressed 
by Grand Master McChesney w^hen he voiced the opinion that "the 
new-boru institution would be as lasting and as beneficent as the 
name and life of him we seek to honor." 

Marking an era in the history of American Masonry, the future 
must produce a greater and more representative assembly of Masonic 
dignitaries. The past has undoubtedly failed to do so up to this time. 
The character of the men, who have been selected as leaders of the 
new Association, is an eloquent testimony of the importance of the 
undertaking and their acceptance of the duties and responsibilities 
should be sufficient endorsement to the fraternity at large, but, if 
further proof be needed, the fact that the President of the United 
States esteemed it "a pleasure and a privilege" to lay down the mani- 
fold duties and responsibilities of his great office and mingle for five 
hours with the Fraternity, expressing in eloquent terms his unqualified 
approval of the proposition, earnestly commending it to the favorable 
consideration and support of all good Masons, should certainly be 
sufficient to satisfy the most skeptical mind that the movement just 
inaugurated to erect a memorial to AVashington, the Mason, and to 
create a National Masonic Association must and will rank second to 
none in the history of the institution of this or any other country in 
this or any other age. 



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SHOMAS J. SHllYOCK. Hrst Pivsideut of the Assoriation. was boni 
in the City of Baltimore, February 2, 1851, and died in that city 

February . IJJIS. He was made a Mason in Waverly Lodge, No. 52, 

of Maryland, passing through the 
chairs of that Lodge. Was Past 
High Priest of Druid Chapter, R. A. 
M. ; Past Thrice Illustrious Master, 
Hiram Council, No. 5 ; Past Com- 
mander, Beausant Commandery, No. 
8. all of Maryland; and at the time 
of his death an active member of 
the Supreme Council, Southern 
Jurisdiction, A. A. S. R. He was 
elected (irand Master of Masons in 
Maryland in 1885, and served con- 
tinuously to the time of his death in 
liJlS. Was one of the founders of 
the George Washington Mji sonic 
National Association, and devoted to 
its interest. In point of service 
General Shryock was the oldest 
Grand Master in the world, and one 

of the most forceful, energetic and progressive Masons in America. 




General Thomas J. Shryock 



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:0N. LOnS A. WATRES, of Scranton, Pa., was elected President 
of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association 
to succeed the late General Shryock. February. 1018. Colonel Watre.s 
has been prominent in public affairs 
of his native State for many years. 
At the age of eighteen he was Assis- 
tant Postmaster of Scranton ; at 
twenty-one he was clerk of the City 
Commissioners and Marshal of the 
Mayor's Court admitted to the bar. 
lie was solicitor of Lackawanna 
County for nine years ; elected to the 
State Senate ; while serving as such 
was elected Lieutenant-Governor : 
was Colonel of the 11th Regt., Pro- 
visional Giuird, in Spanish-American 
War, being in service from 1877 to 
1801 and from 1808 to 1004; was 
Grand Master of Masons of Penn- 
sylvania, 1016-17; is member of 
Masonic Home Committee of Penft- 
sylvania, and an active 33d Degree 

A. A. S. R., Northern .Turlsdiction. The above constitute; 
part of the activities of this extraordlnarv man. 




Hon. Louis A. Watres 

President 

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-JIAMES K. JOHNSON was lioni at ("harlt'ston. S. ('., l.S(;2, and is 
«l prominent in mercantih" as well as .Masonit- fircU's; became a 
Mason in is;i;'. ; is a nicnibcr ol' various hrant-hes of both Kites, bein.i; 

a Thirtietli Degree S. R. A. O. N. 
of M. S., \vas elected (i. M. of S. C, 
1910 and again in 1!)11. Thrice 
llhislrions C. M. of K. iV: S. M. of 
S. (". in liKKi and 11)04; Potentate 
of Oasis Temple, A. A. O. N. S., 1!»()2. 
From tlie very first (J. M. Johnson 
has been a zealous and active sup- 
porter of the Memorial movement, 
attending l)()tii meetings; was on rlie 
Committee which reported the reso- 
lution endorsing the movement in 
1010 and Chairman of the Committee 
on Constitution. February 22, 1011, 
taking a conspicuous part in the for- 
maticni of the permanent organ- 
James K. Johnson ization. 

1st Vice-President 




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j[IAMES EDMCXI) DILLON, Second Vice-President of the George 
^ "Washington Masonic National Mt-morial Association, was born in 
Plantegenet, Ontario, ISoO : moved to Michigan with his parents in 
1870 ; is a pharmacist by profession ; 
was I'aised in Baldwin Lodge. No. 
274, F. & A. M.. in 1.S92 ; was Wor- 
shipful Master in 1894-0;"); after serv- 
ing in several subordinate xiositions, 
was elected Grand Master of Michi- 
gan in 1911 ; received the Chapter 
degrees in Iosco Chapter, No. 88, 
R. A. M.. serving as High Priest in 
1918-19 : received the Council degrees 
in Sahgonahkato Council, No. 58. at 
Alpena ; is a mend)er of Bay City 
Commandery, No. 2(5, K. T., and of 
Bay City Consistory, A. A. S. R., 
and received the 83° Honorary for 
the Northern Jurisdiction at New- 
York. 1917. Brother Dillon was one 
of the organizers of the Association 
and has been a zealous worker for 
the enterprise ever since. The Grand Lodge of Michigan made th« 
first large appropriation to the Memorial fund and it was through his 
untiring efforts, supported by other strong influences, that the sub- 
scription was ()btained when the movement was in its infancv. 




James Edmund Dillon 

2d Vice-President 




George L. Schoonover 

3d Vice-President 



/|rEORGE L. SCHOONOVER, Third Vice-President of the George 
^ Washington Masonic National Memorial Association, was born in 
Anamosa, Iowa, February 7, ISSO. He graduated from Iowa State 

University in 1901 ; is an enterprising 
business man and prominent in finan- 
cial circles; is President of the 
Anamosa National Bank, the Olin 
National Bank, the Schoonover Trust 
Co., and the Metropolitan Supply 
Co. He was raised in Anamosa 
Lodge, No. 46, August 23, 1901; re- 
ceived the capitulary degrees in 
- 1902 ; was knighted in 1903. He 
later received the A. A. S. R. and ex- 
tended his activities to all the 
l)ranches of both Rites, and for dis- 
tinguished service the Honorary 33d 
Degree was conferx-ed on him Novem- 
ber 13, 191ij. He was Grand Master 
of Iowa in 1918-19 ; was one of the 
founders of the National Masonic 
Research Society, and is Chairman 
of the Executive Committee, Masonic Service Association, and of the 
Ways and Means Committee, George Washington Masonic National 
Memorial Association. But witlial, his greatest efforts for the Fra- 
ternity have been along educational lines. He believes in the exalted 
purpose and mission of Masonry as a moral and jiatriotic agency and 
to utilize its force for the good of the Fraternity at large is his con- 
suming ambition. He is, indeed, a veritable Masonic dynamo, sur- 
charged and electrified wnth its enthusiasm. 

Mtimn M. 3fol|ttaiin 

jt||t ELVIN M. JOHNSON, P. G. M. of Massachusetts and Fourth Vice- 
•'** President, George Washington Masonic National Memorial Asso- 
ciation, is a distinguished figure in Masonic circles. We failed to 
procure the information necessary to 
give even an abstract of Brother 
Johnson's biography in time for this 
publication, but liis prominence in the 
literary world entitles him to a high 
place in the councils of our Order. 
His history of Colonial Masonry, and 
other works of kindred nature, and 
his masterly productions in the 
"Builder" and other journals, have 
attracted wide and favorable atten- 
tion, and have placed Brother John- 
son in the very forefront of Masonic 
authors and correspondents. He is 
a fine ritualist, an observant student 
and a speaker of great force, and 
altogether a man of striking mental 
and physical personality. He has 
held numerous jirominent positions in 
the Fraternity with credit to himself and honor to the Fraternity. 




Melvin M. Jolinson 

4th Vice-President 



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Lawrence H. Lee 

Secretary 



jpAAVRENX'E II. LEE was born in 
5^ Alabama in 18G7, graduated iu 
Law from the University of Alabama 
in 18S8 ; a member of the Legislature 
iu 1808-09, and is now Reporter of 
the Supreme Court of his State. He 
was raised, in 1889, Master of Gads- 
den, No. 236, in 1902. Deputy Grand 
H. P. of the G. C, 1010, and was 
elected M. I. G. M. of the Grand 
Council, R. & S. Masters, December, 
1000. Is a member of Zamorah 
Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Birm- 
ingham, and was elected Grand 
Master in 1900 and re-elected De- 
cember, 1010 ; has attended both 
meetings and actively participated in 
the organization of the Masonic 
Memorial Association. 



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•jIIOHN H. COAVLES, Treasurer of the George Washington Masonic 
^ National Memorial Association, and one of its organizers, was 
born in Kentucky, August 22, 1863. He successfully engaged in mer- 
cantile and manufacturing business 
in early life ; was Captain of Com- 
pany "H," Kentucky Volunteer In- 
fantry, in active service in Porto 
Rico throughout the Spanish-Amer- 
ican War ; was raised in Louisville 
Lodge, No. 400, October 16, 1888; 
worked up the line and was Grand 
Master of Kentucky, 1000; Exalted 
R. A., February 10, 1880; received 
degrees in K. T. in 1889, and was 
active in both branches ; received 
32d Degree, A. A. S. R., May 17, 1890 ; 
made K. C. of the C. H., 1805; Cor- 
oneted 33° ; Inspector General, Hon., 
March 24, 1898, and Sovereign Grand 
Inspector General, October 23, 1900 ; 
elected Sec. Gen., Supreme Council, 
A. A. S. R., Southern Jurisdiction, 
October 20, 1011. He is an honorary member of twenty-two Masonic 
bodies and belongs to twelve Masonic and social clubs. 

Brother Cowles is perhaps the best known and most active Masonic 
worker in America and has thrown into the George Washington Ma- 
sonic National Memorial Association the full force of his untiring 
energy, intellect and influence. He believes in its high purpose and no 
apostle ever proclaimed a doctrine or creed with more earnestness and 
success. Masoni-y as a whole is his absorbing theme and its symbols 
are mirrored in the life of this worthy "Son of Kentucky." 




John H. Cowles 

Treasurer 



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■jl CLAUDE KEIPER. member of the Stamliiig Committee on Con- 
w* stitution and By-laws, was born in Pennsylvania, 1869, and is 
a lawyer by profession. Raised in Columbia Lodge, No. 3, Washing- 
ton. D. C, 1895. Has filled succes- 
sively the various intermediate offices 
and was elected and installed as 
Grand Master of the District, De- 
cember, 1910. Was High Priest of 
Mount Vernon Chapter, No. 3. R. A. 
M.. in 1901 ; Commander of Washing- 
ton Commandery. No. 1. K. T.. 1908- 
09 : is a member of Almas Temple, 
A. A. O. N. M. S., all of the District. 
Possessed of tireless energy and a 
genius for detail work, he has filled 
the various offices to which he has 
been called with conspicuous abilit.v. 
His terms as the executive officer of 
the several bodies being especially 
successful. 

J. Claude Keiper 




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New England Division — W. A. Scott, Providence. R. I. 

South Atlantic Division — .1. Claude Keiper, AVashington. D. C. 

Great Lakes Division — James E. Dillon. East Tawas, Mich. 

Central Division — Jolm H. Cowles, Louisville, Ky. 

Corn Belt Division — Geo. L. Schoonover. Anamosa. Iowa. 

Northern Pacific Division — Edward C. Day, Helena, Mont. 

North Atlantic Division — Thos. F. Penman, Scranton, Pa. 

Gulf Division — Joseph C. Greenfield, Atlanta, Ga. 

South Pacific Division — Geo. W. Yallery. Denver. Col. 

Southwestern Division. Andrew L. Randell, Sherman, Texas. 



Abtiifi0rg Month 



John Wauamaker, Philadelphia. Chairman. 
Vice-President of the I'nited States Thomas R. Marshall. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives Champ Clark. 
Senator George E. Chaml)erlain, of Oregon. 
Senator Francis E. Warren, of Wyoming. 
General Nelson A. Miles. I'nlted States Army. 
Admiral George AV. P.aird. United States Navy. 



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Partial Cist nf Ifltra SjOBt in ¥m of IBZl 

At the time of its destruction tlie Museniu had heeii in existence for 
a period of sixty years, and was a sreat resort for strangers visiting 
the town. 

Anions tlie relics and otlier articles of value destroyed were: 
The hier upon which the remains of Washington were borne to the 

tomb, and the crape that floated from the door of his home to tell 

the sad news of his death. 
A picture of Martha, the wife of Washington, in her youthful days. 
A portrait of Washington. 
AVashington's military saddle. 
Portions of a "settee" of Washington, which once stood in the hall of 

the old Mount Vernon mansion. 
Washington's card tables. 

Many original letters of Wa.shington in frames. 
A flag used by an Alexandria company in the Revolution — a faded red, 

with yellow center, inscribed in black : "IX Virginia Regiment, 

Alexandria f\)mi)any" : staff wood, stained red, with wooden lance. 
The flag of Washington's life-guard. 
The flag of the Richmond Rifle Rangers in the Revolution — white silk, 

elegantl.v painted, with a device-motto : "Nemo me impune lacessit." 
A leather satchel, similar to a soldier's haversack, said to have been 

carried by Mustapha Pasha. Dey of Algiers, during his pilgrimage 

to the tomb of Mahomet. 
A bust of the celebrated John Paul Jones, which was presented to 

Washington by Lafayette, and adorned the dining room at Mount 

Vernon. 

A number of portraits, which adorned the walls, and, among others, 
that of William Penn, by West. 

The flag of the Independent Blues, of Alexandria, used in the war 
of 1812-1814. 

The flag used by Paul Jones on the "Bon Homme Richard." 

A portrait of Lafayette. 

The model of the first French guillotine, which recalled all the horrors 

of the bloody by-gone days, when even rulers trembled on their 

thrones for fear of its tortures. 
The dagger with which the Bey of Tunis was killed. 
One of the candles used at the mass before the execution of Louis XIV. 
A saddle of crimson velvet, heavily embroidred with gold, .sent as a 

present to Thomas Jefferson by the Dey of Morocco. 
The model of a corn-planter, invented by (Jeorge Washington Parke 

Custis, 1790. 

The model of the Triumphal Arch through which Lafayette rode at 
Alexandria, on his reception by the citizens on Saturday. October 
16, 1824. and a stutfed eagle which was, in life, perched on the 
top of it. 




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